Tetravalent SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Antibodies Show Enhanced Potency and Resistance to Escape Mutations.
Miersch, S., Li, Z., Saberianfar, R., Ustav, M., Brett Case, J., Blazer, L., Chen, C., Ye, W., Pavlenco, A., Gorelik, M., Garcia Perez, J., Subramania, S., Singh, S., Ploder, L., Ganaie, S., Chen, R.E., Leung, D.W., Pandolfi, P.P., Novelli, G., Matusali, G., Colavita, F., Capobianchi, M.R., Jain, S., Gupta, J.B., Amarasinghe, G.K., Diamond, M.S., Rini, J., Sidhu, S.S.(2021) J Mol Biol 433: 167177-167177
- PubMed: 34329642 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2021.167177
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7KLG, 7KLH, 7KMK, 7KML, 7KXJ, 7KXK - PubMed Abstract: 
Neutralizing antibodies (nAbs) hold promise as therapeutics against COVID-19. Here, we describe protein engineering and modular design principles that have led to the development of synthetic bivalent and tetravalent nAbs against SARS-CoV-2. The best nAb targets the host receptor binding site of the viral S-protein and tetravalent versions block entry with a potency exceeding bivalent nAbs by an order of magnitude ...